New Award Recognizes Improvements in Healthcare Disparities
The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente have come together to establish The Bernard J. Tyson Award for Excellence in Pursuing Health Care Equity.
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Are You Championing Patient Care?
Are your innovative efforts in quality and safety improving patients’ lives? If so, applications for the 2019 Eisenberg Awards are being accepted from August 19-October 1 and are available on The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum websites.
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Heroes of HTM: George Mills
George Mills has championed simplicity, but there’s nothing simple about his accomplishments. Here, 24×7 Magazine profiles Mills, a Joint Commission legend, and explains why he is a true hero of HTM.
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Submission Period Commences for Patient Safety Awards
Each year, the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission recognize the best examples of individual, local, and national initiatives to improve patient safety and quality of care through the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Submissions for the 2018 Eisenberg Awards (presented in 2019) are now open through October 29.
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Airway Rapid Response Team Contributes to Successful Airway Management
At the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, a new airway rapid response (ARR) team was created to bring personnel and equipment to the patient bedside for multidisciplinary airway assessment and rescue. Its success is the focus of a new study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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